Given name & surname
Bernadino
Bernadino is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Bernadino isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bernadino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 308 as a first name in 2020; 144 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bernadino’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Bernadino has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form BERNARDINO. In Italian usage, Bernadino has a conventional equivalent in the German form BERNHARD.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Bernadino has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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